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Sections
HTMLPDF | 43.06.010 | General powers and duties. |
HTMLPDF | 43.06.013 | Requests for nonconviction criminal history fingerprint record checks for agency heads—"Agency head" defined. |
HTMLPDF | 43.06.015 | Interstate oil compact commission—Governor may join. |
HTMLPDF | 43.06.020 | Records to be kept. |
HTMLPDF | 43.06.030 | Appointments to senate for confirmation—Notice. |
HTMLPDF | 43.06.040 | Lieutenant governor acts in governor's absence. |
HTMLPDF | 43.06.050 | Powers and duties of acting governor. |
HTMLPDF | 43.06.055 | Governor-elect—Appropriation to provide office and staff. |
HTMLPDF | 43.06.060 | Expense of publishing proclamations. |
HTMLPDF | 43.06.070 | Removal of appointive officers. |
HTMLPDF | 43.06.080 | Removal of appointive officers—Statement of reasons to be filed. |
HTMLPDF | 43.06.090 | Removal of appointive officers—Filling of vacancy. |
HTMLPDF | 43.06.092 | Gubernatorial appointees—Continuation of service—Appointments to fill vacancies. |
HTMLPDF | 43.06.094 | Gubernatorial appointees—Removal prior to confirmation. |
HTMLPDF | 43.06.110 | Economic opportunity act programs—State participation—Authority of governor. |
HTMLPDF | 43.06.115 | Militarily impacted area—Declaration by governor. |
HTMLPDF | 43.06.120 | Federal funds and programs—Acceptance of funds by governor authorized—Administration and disbursement. |
HTMLPDF | 43.06.130 | Federal funds and programs—Payment of travel expenses of committees, councils, or other bodies. |
HTMLPDF | 43.06.150 | Federal funds and programs—Participating agencies to notify director of financial management, joint legislative audit and review committee and legislative council—Progress reports. |
HTMLPDF | 43.06.155 | Health care reform deliberations—Principles—Policies. |
HTMLPDF | 43.06.200 | Definitions. |
HTMLPDF | 43.06.210 | Proclamations—Generally—State of emergency. |
HTMLPDF | 43.06.220 | State of emergency—Powers of governor pursuant to proclamation. |
HTMLPDF | 43.06.225 | State of emergency—Health care law waivers and suspensions. |
HTMLPDF | 43.06.230 | State of emergency—Destroying or damaging property or causing personal injury—Penalty. |
HTMLPDF | 43.06.240 | State of emergency—Disorderly conduct after emergency proclaimed—Penalty. |
HTMLPDF | 43.06.250 | State of emergency—Refusing to leave public way or property when ordered—Penalty. |
HTMLPDF | 43.06.260 | State of emergency—Prosecution of persons sixteen years or over as adults. |
HTMLPDF | 43.06.270 | State of emergency—State militia or state patrol—Use in restoring order. |
HTMLPDF | 43.06.335 | Washington quality award council—Organization—Duties. |
HTMLPDF | 43.06.338 | Washington marine resources advisory council. |
HTMLPDF | 43.06.350 | Foreign nationals or citizens, convicted offenders—Transfers and sentences. |
HTMLPDF | 43.06.400 | Listing of reduction in revenues from tax exemptions to be submitted to legislature by department of revenue—Periodic review and submission of recommendations to legislature by governor. |
HTMLPDF | 43.06.410 | State internship program—Governor's duties. |
HTMLPDF | 43.06.415 | State internship program coordinator—Rules. |
HTMLPDF | 43.06.420 | Undergraduate internship program—Executive fellows program. |
HTMLPDF | 43.06.425 | Interns—Effect of employment experience—Rights of reversion—Fringe benefits—Sick and vacation leave. |
HTMLPDF | 43.06.435 | Interns—Effect on full time equivalent staff position limitations. |
HTMLPDF | 43.06.450 | Cigarette tax contracts—Intent—Finding—Limitations. |
HTMLPDF | 43.06.455 | Cigarette tax contracts—Requirements—Use of revenue—Enforcement—Definitions. |
HTMLPDF | 43.06.460 | Cigarette tax contracts—Eligible tribes—Tax rate. |
HTMLPDF | 43.06.465 | Cigarette tax agreement with Puyallup Tribe of Indians. |
HTMLPDF | 43.06.466 | Cigarette tax agreement—Yakama Nation. |
HTMLPDF | 43.06.468 | Raising the minimum legal age of sale in certain compacts—Consultations with federally recognized Indian tribes—Report to legislature. |
HTMLPDF | 43.06.475 | Timber harvest excise tax agreements. |
HTMLPDF | 43.06.480 | Timber harvest excise tax agreements—Quinault Nation. |
HTMLPDF | 43.06.485 | Senior policy advisor to the governor—State lead for economic development relating to the outdoor recreation sector of the state's economy. |
HTMLPDF | 43.06.490 | Cannabis agreements—Federally recognized Indian tribes—Tribal cannabis tax—Tax exemption. |
HTMLPDF | 43.06.495 | Cannabis agreements—Interstate. |
HTMLPDF | 43.06.505 | Vapor product tax contracts—Requirements. |
HTMLPDF | 43.06.510 | Vapor product tax contracts—Indian tribes. |
HTMLPDF | 43.06.515 | Vapor product tax contracts—Puyallup tribe. |
HTMLPDF | 43.06.520 | State sales, use, and business and occupation taxes—Indian tribe compacts—Findings—Intent. |
HTMLPDF | 43.06.523 | State sales, use, and business and occupation taxes—Indian tribe compacts. |
HTMLPDF | 43.06.525 | State sales, use, and business and occupation taxes—Indian tribe compacts—Effect on local taxes. |
HTMLPDF | 43.06.530 | National 988 hotline and behavioral health crisis system coordinator. |
HTMLPDF | 43.06.535 | Children and youth multisystem care coordinator. |
NOTES:
Appointing power
administrator for the courts: RCW
2.56.010.
board of registration of professional engineers and land surveyors: RCW
18.43.030.
center for volunteerism and citizen service: RCW
43.150.040.
college district boards of trustees: RCW
28B.50.100.
court of appeals vacancy: State Constitution Art. 4 § 30; RCW
2.06.080.
criminal justice training commission: RCW
43.101.030.
degree-granting institutions, attorney general participation: Chapter
28B.85 RCW.
department of ecology, director of: RCW
43.21A.050.
department of social and health services, secretary of: RCW
43.20A.040.
directors of state departments and agencies: RCW
43.17.020.
electrical advisory board members: RCW
19.28.311.
energy facility site evaluation council: RCW
80.50.030.
financial management, director: RCW
43.41.060.
higher education facilities authority: RCW
28B.07.030.
industrial insurance appeals board: RCW
51.52.010.
judges of court of appeals, vacancy: State Constitution Art. 4 § 30; RCW
2.06.080.
judges of superior court, vacancy: State Constitution Art. 4 § 5; RCW
2.08.120.
vacancy resulting from creation of additional judgeship: RCW
2.08.069.
justices of supreme court, vacancy: State Constitution Art. 4 § 3; RCW
2.04.100.
militia officers: State Constitution Art. 10 § 2.
Pacific marine fisheries commission, appointment of representatives to: RCW
77.75.040.
pharmacy quality assurance commission: RCW
18.64.001.
physical therapy board committee: RCW
18.74.020.
private vocational schools, attorney general participation: Chapter
28C.10 RCW.
recreation and conservation funding board: RCW
79A.25.110.
regents of educational institutions: State Constitution Art. 13 § 1.
statute law committee members: RCW
1.08.001.
supreme court vacancy: State Constitution Art. 4 § 3; RCW
2.04.100.
transportation commission members: RCW
47.01.051.
United States senator, filling vacancy in office of: RCW
29A.28.030.
University of Washington board of regents: RCW
28B.20.100.
utilities and transportation commission: RCW
80.01.010.
vacancies in
appointive office filled by: State Constitution Art. 3 § 13.
court of appeals, filled by: State Constitution Art. 4 § 30; RCW
2.06.080.
legislature, duties: State Constitution Art. 2 § 15.
superior court, filled by: State Constitution Art. 4 § 5; RCW
2.08.069,
2.08.120.
supreme court, filled by: State Constitution Art. 4 § 3; RCW
2.04.100.
veterinary board of governors: RCW
18.92.021.
visiting judges of superior court: RCW
2.08.140.
Washington personnel resources board: RCW
41.06.110.
Washington State University board of regents: RCW
28B.30.100.
Approval of laws: State Constitution Art. 3 § 12.
Associations of municipal corporations or officers to furnish information to governor: RCW
44.04.170.
Attorney general, advice to governor: RCW
43.10.030.
Board of natural resources member: RCW
43.30.205.
Bonds, notes and other evidences of indebtedness, governor's duties: Chapter
39.42 RCW.
Clemency and pardons board, established as board in office of governor: RCW
9.94A.880.
Commander-in-chief of state militia: State Constitution Art. 3 § 8.
Commissions issued by state, signed by: State Constitution Art. 3 § 15.
Commutation of death sentence, power to commute: RCW
10.01.120.
Continuity of government in event of enemy attack, succession to office of governor: RCW
42.14.020.
Driver license compact, executive head: RCW
46.21.040.
Election certificates issued for state and congressional offices by: RCW
29A.52.370.
Election of: State Constitution Art. 3 § 1.
Execution of laws: State Constitution Art. 3 § 5.
Federal REAL ID Act of 2005, approval of attorney general legal challenge: RCW
46.20.1911.
Fines, power to remit: State Constitution Art. 3 § 11.
Forfeitures, power to remit: State Constitution Art. 3 § 11.
Highway
construction bonds and coupons, governor to sign: Chapter
47.10 RCW.
toll facility property sale, deed executed by: RCW
47.56.255.
Impeachment: State Constitution Art. 5 §§ 1, 2.
Indians, assumption of state jurisdiction, proclamation by governor: RCW
37.12.021.
Information in writing may be required from state officers: State Constitution Art. 3 § 5.
Interstate compact on juveniles, duties: Chapter
13.24 RCW.
Judges' retirement applications, doctors' examination report, approval and filing of: RCW
2.12.020.
Judicial officers
extension of leave of absence of: State Constitution Art. 4 § 8.
superior court, assignment to another county by: State Constitution Art. 4 §§ 5, 7.
Legal holidays
proclamation process, applicability to courts: RCW
2.28.100.
Legislature
extra session, may convene: State Constitution Art. 3 § 7.
messages to: State Constitution Art. 3 § 6.
vacancies, filled by: State Constitution Art. 2 § 15.
Local governmental organizations, actions affecting boundaries, etc., review by boundary review board: Chapter
36.93 RCW.
Marketing agreements or orders, annual audit of financial affairs under, governor to receive reports of: RCW
15.65.490.
Messages to legislature: State Constitution Art. 3 § 6.
Militia and military affairs
commander-in-chief of militia: State Constitution Art. 3 § 8; RCW
38.08.020.
compacts with other states for guarding boundaries: RCW
38.08.100.
martial law, proclamation by, when: RCW
38.08.030.
officers, commissioned by: State Constitution Art. 10 § 2.
strength, composition, training, etc., prescribed by: RCW
38.04.040.
Motor vehicle administration, annual report of director of licensing to go to: RCW
46.01.290.
OASI, agreement of state for participation of state and political subdivision employees, duties concerning: Chapter
41.48 RCW.
Pardons
report to legislature of: State Constitution Art. 3 §§ 9, 11.
restrictions prescribed by law: State Constitution Art. 3 § 9.
Paroles, governor may revoke: RCW
9.95.160.
Protection for governor, lieutenant governor, and governor elect, duty of chief of state patrol to provide: RCW
43.43.035.
Puget Sound ferry and toll bridge system, governor's powers and duties relating to: Chapter
47.60 RCW.
Registry of governor's acts kept by secretary of state: RCW
43.07.030.
Remission of fines and forfeitures report to legislature with reasons: State Constitution Art. 3 § 11.
Reports to governor
agricultural marketing agreements or orders, audits and financial reports: RCW
15.65.490.
agricultural marketing legislation recommendations: RCW
15.64.010.
annual report by state officers, etc., period covered: RCW
43.01.035.
engineers and land surveyors board of registration: RCW
18.43.035.
financial management, director: RCW
43.88.160.
indeterminate sentence review board: RCW
9.95.265.
industrial insurance, violations: RCW
51.04.020.
investment activities of state investment board: RCW
43.33A.150.
judges of the supreme court to report defects or omissions in laws to: RCW
2.04.230.
labor and industries director: RCW
49.12.180.
motor vehicle administration, director of licensing: RCW
46.01.290.
state board for community and technical colleges: RCW
28B.50.070.
state officers: State Constitution Art. 3 § 5.
state parks and recreation commission: RCW
79A.05.030.
superintendent of public instruction, biennial report: RCW
28A.300.040.
University of Washington board of regents: RCW
28B.20.130.
veterans' rehabilitation council: RCW
43.61.040.
Reprieves
report to legislature: State Constitution Art. 3 § 11.
Residence at seat of government: State Constitution Art. 3 § 24.
Resignation by state officers and members of legislature made to: RCW
42.12.020.
Salary of governor, amount of: State Constitution Art. 28 § 1; RCW
43.03.010.
Sale of unneeded toll facility property, governor to execute deed: RCW
47.56.255.
School apportionment demands estimate certified to: RCW
28A.300.170.
Secretary of transportation, governor to fix salary of: RCW
47.01.031.
Security and protection for governor, lieutenant governor, and governor elect, duty of state patrol to provide: RCW
43.43.035.
State capitol committee member: RCW
43.34.010.
State finance committee member: RCW
43.33.010.
State parks, disposal of land not needed for park purposes, conveyance instruments executed by: RCW
79A.05.175.
State participation within student exchange compact programs
—Office to advise governor: RCW
28B.76.650.
Succession to governorship: State Constitution Art. 3 § 10.
Superior court judge, assignment to another county: State Constitution Art. 4 §§ 5, 7.
Supreme executive power vested in: State Constitution Art. 3 § 2.
Term of office: State Constitution Art. 3 § 2; RCW
43.01.010.
Toll bridge bonds, governor to countersign: RCW
47.56.140.
Toll bridges, improvement of existing bridge and construction of new bridge as single project, governor's powers and duties relating to: Chapter
47.58 RCW.
Traffic safety commission and programs, powers, duties and responsibilities of governor: Chapter
43.59 RCW.
Unanticipated receipts, governor as state's agent to receive: RCW
43.79.260.
Unemployment compensation, delinquent payments in lieu of contributions of political subdivisions, governor may withhold funds for: RCW
50.24.125.
Uniform interstate family support act
United States senate, filling vacancy in: RCW
29A.28.030.
Vacancies
in court of appeals: State Constitution Art. 4 § 30; RCW
2.06.080.
in legislature, duties: State Constitution Art. 2 § 15.
in office filled by: State Constitution Art. 3 § 13.
in superior court: State Constitution Art. 4 § 5.
in supreme court: State Constitution Art. 4 § 3.
Vacancy in office of governor
election to fill: State Constitution Art. 3 § 10.
succession to: State Constitution Art. 3 § 10.
Veto
initiatives and referendums, power does not extend to: State Constitution Art. 2 § 1.
power of: State Constitution Art. 3 § 12.
Voluntary action center, establishment by governor: RCW
43.150.040.